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Disinfectant vs Antigerm - What's the difference?

disinfectant | antigerm |

As adjectives the difference between disinfectant and antigerm

is that disinfectant is referring to something that contains a disinfectant or has the properties of a disinfectant while antigerm is countering germs.

As a noun disinfectant

is a substance which kills germs and/or viruses.

disinfectant

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Referring to something that contains a disinfectant or has the properties of a disinfectant.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance which kills germs and/or viruses.

    • antigerm

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Countering germs.
  • * 1948 , Popular Mechanics (volume 90, number 5, November 1948, page 140)
    • Derived from a bacillus commonly found in soil and water, a new antigerm chemical, polymyxin, is 25 times more effective than streptomycin in treating one severe skin infection.